Jayne Secker Biography
Jayne Secker is an English journalist who serves Sky News as a presenter of Sky News Today since September 2014. She joined Sky News in 2002 and has served the station for more than 2 decades. For a decade, she served as a foreign correspondent where she regularly reported from war zones counting the Middle East.
Jayne Secker Age
Secker is 49 years old as of 2021. She was born on July 12, 1972, in Northumberland, England. She celebrates her birthday on the 11th of July every year.
Jayne Secker Height
Secker stands at a height of 5 feet 5 inches tall.
Jayne Secker Family
Secker’s mother was known as Kathy Secker and she was the Tyne Tees Television anchor. Her mother passed in 2015 while she was aged 70 years and later on, Secker founded the charity Grace House North East in her memory. She also has a brother called David. However, she has not revealed the name of her father as she likes to keep her personal life private.
Jayne Secker Husband
Secker is married to Dominic. Together they have been blessed with two children namely; Jake and Seb.
Jayne Secker Net Worth
Secker has an estimated net worth of between $1 Million – $5 Million which she has earned through her career as an anchor.
Jayne Secker Salary
Secker earns an annual salary ranging from $ 45,000 – $ 110,500.
Jayne Secker Education
Secker attended the Westfield Senior School and later on attended the University of Stirling where she attained a degree in Film and Media. While she was at the University of Stirling, she edited student newspapers and completed an internship with BBC Radio Newcastle.
Jayne Secker Career
Secker serves Sky News as a presenter of Sky News Today since September 2014. She joined Sky News in 2002 and has served the station for more than 2 decades. For a decade, she served as a foreign correspondent where she regularly reported from war zones counting the Middle East.
After she had graduated from the University of Stirling, in 1996, she became an assigned BBC trainee. She served as a foreign correspondent for ten years, and during this time she often reported from war zones such as the Middle East.
Interestingly, she was the first to present the first live Television interview with astronaut Tim Peake from the International Space Station. Furthermore, she gained criticism for her comments during an interview about ‘no-fault evictions’ in April 2019, whereby she was accused of “patronizing” and “insensitive” while she was questioning Kirsty Archer the housing campaigner.
Jayne Secker SKY NEWS
Secker is working at SKY NEWS where she works alongside other famous SKY NEWS anchors and reporters including;
- Nick Quraishi
- Hannah Thomas-Peter
- Lisa Holland
- Stuart Ramsay
- Rob Powell
- Tamara Cohen
- Kate McCann
- Jonathan Samuels
- Sophy Ridge
- Gillian Joseph
- Isabel Webster
- Sam Naz
- Vanessa Baffoe
- Anna Botting
- Dermot Murnaghan
- Ann Jones
- Joe Pike
- Jon Craig
- Sarah Hewson
- Mark Austin
- Amanda Walker
- Stephen Dixon
- Niall Paterson
- Kimberly Leonard
- Nick Powell
- Martha Kelner
- Jacquie Beltrao
- Isobel Lang
- Nazaneen Ghaffar
- Jo Wheeler
- Cordelia Lynch
- Kirsty Mccabe
- Ian King
Jayne Secker Social Media Platforms
Dixon is active on her social media accounts and is often seen posting on her Instagram, and Twitter. She has over 17k followers on Twitter, and over 473 followers on Instagram.